set the bar

verb

set the bar

verb

1

Idiomatic To set specific standards or expectations.

to set the bar high; to set the bar low
She set the bar at an hour of exercise a day.

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“I do feel like we should be setting the bar higher for review,” said one adviser, Dr. Amanda Cohn, the director of the division of birth defects and infant disorders at the C.D.C., adding that more data might help clarify questions about the effects on preterm birth.2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times:

Related terms: raise the bar

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